Private William Harrold Pauley

Family/Last name:
Pauley
Forename(s) and initial(s):
William Harrold
Nationality:
Service number:
WX695
Rank when captured:
Place of capture:
Crete
POW number:
23181
Camp
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Information provided by Peter Duncan

William Harrold Pauley

My uncle was a POW who we believe was captured in Crete after being evacuated from Greece.

He was an Australian
PAULEY, William Harrold.
Private (WX695)
2/11 Battalion 6 Division of Australian Army.

We have a Christmas greeting card sent home by him from Stalag VIIIB for Christmas 1941.
He is identified in the “Absender” box on the card as “W. Pauley, #23181”.

We have reason to believe that he did take part in the Long March in the winter of 1944/45.
There is also a story that at one point in time, he deliberately broke his thumb/finger in order to avoid working in the mines.

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